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Webster 1913 Edition


Corolla

Co-rol′la

(k?-r?l′l?)
,
Noun.
[L.
corolla
a little crown or garland, dim. of
corona
. See
Crown
.]
(Bot.)
The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under
Blossom
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Corolla

COROL

, COROLLA,
Noun.
[L., a little crown.] In botany, the inner covering of a flower. The corol surrounds the parts of fructification, and is composed of one or more flower leaves, called petals. It is distinguished from the perianth, by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors; but there are many exceptions. It is sometimes inaccurately called blossom and flower.

Definition 2024


corolla

corolla

See also: corol·la

English

Noun

corolla (plural corollas or corollae or corollæ)

  1. (botany) An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 125:
      Our wet fingers touched and we formed a circle like the corolla of a flower, floating into the silence of the desert dawn with the ancient sun on our bodies.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corōlla (small garland, chaplet or wreath), diminutive of corōna (garland, chaplet, wreath).

Noun

corolla f (plural corolle)

  1. (botany) corolla

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of corōna (garland, chaplet, wreath).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroːl.la/, [kɔˈroːl.la]

Noun

corōlla f (genitive corōllae); first declension

  1. A small garland, chaplet or wreath.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative corōlla corōllae
genitive corōllae corōllārum
dative corōllae corōllīs
accusative corōllam corōllās
ablative corōllā corōllīs
vocative corōlla corōllae

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